QUIZ – 2017: Insights Current Affairs Quiz,09 May 2018

The following quiz will have 5-10 MCQs . The questions are mainly framed from The Hindu and PIB news articles.

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INSIGHTS CURRENT EVENTS QUIZ 2017

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1. Question

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‘Ocean Seven’, recently in the news, refers to

a) A swimming marathon challenge

b) The world’s first all-woman crew to circumnavigate the globe on a sail boat

c) An underwater rover that is the world’s first to reach the seven deepest known points of the Earth’s oceans

d) The seven-most critically endangered keystone species in the oceans

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Solution: a.

‘Ocean Seven’ is a swimming marathon consisting of seven channel swims and is considered to be on par with the Seven Summits (mountaineering challenge). The arduous task challenges a swimmer to swim across world’s most difficult seas.

Indian swimmer Rohan More created history after becoming the youngest individual in the world to complete the Ocean Seven challenge. He is also the first Asian to complete the challenge.

List of Ocean’s Seven Channel Swims

The Irish or North Channel: between Ireland and Scotland

The Cook Strait: between New Zealand’s North and South Islands

The Moloka’i or Kaiwi Channel: between Hawaiian islands of Moloka’i and O’ahu

The English Channel: between England and France

The Catalina Channel: between Santa Catalina Island and Los Angeles

The Tsugaru Strait: between the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido

‘Ocean Seven’ is a swimming marathon consisting of seven channel swims and is considered to be on par with the Seven Summits (mountaineering challenge). The arduous task challenges a swimmer to swim across world’s most difficult seas.

Indian swimmer Rohan More created history after becoming the youngest individual in the world to complete the Ocean Seven challenge. He is also the first Asian to complete the challenge.

List of Ocean’s Seven Channel Swims

The Irish or North Channel: between Ireland and Scotland

The Cook Strait: between New Zealand’s North and South Islands

The Moloka’i or Kaiwi Channel: between Hawaiian islands of Moloka’i and O’ahu

The English Channel: between England and France

The Catalina Channel: between Santa Catalina Island and Los Angeles

The Tsugaru Strait: between the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido

2. Question

1 points

Where has India’s first ‘Insect Museum’ come up?

a) Nagaland

b) Chattisgarh

c) Tamil Nadu

d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Correct

Solution: c.

Established at the Department of Agricultural Entomology of TNAU (Tamil Nadu Agricultural University) at a cost of ₹ 5 crore, the museum displays insects as preserved specimens, live specimens depicting their life cycle, images, videos and models on their behaviour, habits and habitat.TH;

Established at the Department of Agricultural Entomology of TNAU (Tamil Nadu Agricultural University) at a cost of ₹ 5 crore, the museum displays insects as preserved specimens, live specimens depicting their life cycle, images, videos and models on their behaviour, habits and habitat.TH;

3. Question

Home to India’s longest limestone cave system and the world’s longest sandstone cave, this state has more caves than any other in India. This state is

a) Karnataka

b) Maharashtra

c) Odisha

d) Meghalaya

Correct

Solution: d.

Meghalaya is now known to be home to some of the world’s most complex cave systems; and has more caves than any other place in India. The hills are home to India’s longest general cave – the 31.1km-long Liat Prah limestone cave system.

Krem Puri, or Cave Fairy is a sandstone cave system that is 24.5km long. It is an incredibly complex maze of hundreds of short passages and long stretches of corridors that are interconnected in a big network. The pattern of the maze is quite unique, and makes the cave a real labyrinth. It has some fine stalactites and stalagmites. There’s also abundant fauna – frogs, fish, giant Huntsman spiders, bats. Scientists believe that they may have stumbled on to some geological riches here.

What makes this cave unusual though, is that it has been formed in sandstone. Caves are usually formed by the dissolution of limestone. Rainwater picks up carbon dioxide from the air, turns into feeble acid and dissolves the rock. Caves in sandstone are not common because the rock has low solubility. Therefore, they need high amounts of water to dissolve and erode to create underground voids. Meghalaya experiences some of the highest amounts of rainfall in the world, so experts say it is not entirely surprising that caves in sandstone can develop in such an impressive way in the state.

Meghalaya is now known to be home to some of the world’s most complex cave systems; and has more caves than any other place in India. The hills are home to India’s longest general cave – the 31.1km-long Liat Prah limestone cave system.

Krem Puri, or Cave Fairy is a sandstone cave system that is 24.5km long. It is an incredibly complex maze of hundreds of short passages and long stretches of corridors that are interconnected in a big network. The pattern of the maze is quite unique, and makes the cave a real labyrinth. It has some fine stalactites and stalagmites. There’s also abundant fauna – frogs, fish, giant Huntsman spiders, bats. Scientists believe that they may have stumbled on to some geological riches here.

What makes this cave unusual though, is that it has been formed in sandstone. Caves are usually formed by the dissolution of limestone. Rainwater picks up carbon dioxide from the air, turns into feeble acid and dissolves the rock. Caves in sandstone are not common because the rock has low solubility. Therefore, they need high amounts of water to dissolve and erode to create underground voids. Meghalaya experiences some of the highest amounts of rainfall in the world, so experts say it is not entirely surprising that caves in sandstone can develop in such an impressive way in the state.

4. Question

If you want to see Irrawaddy Dolphins in their natural habitat, which one of the following is the best place to visit?

a) Ganges river

b) Chilika lake

c) Majuli

d) Lakshadweep sea

Correct

Solution: b.

The Chilika lake in Odisha has emerged as the single largest habitat of the endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in the world. The finding is based on the preliminary report of the first ever ‘Annual Monitoring’ of the lake held on Saturday, a Chilika Development Authority official said.

Irrawaddy dolphins are found in coastal areas in South and Southeast Asia, and in three rivers: the Ayeyarwady (Myanmar), the Mahakam (Indonesian Borneo) and the Mekong.

The Chilika lake in Odisha has emerged as the single largest habitat of the endangered Irrawaddy dolphins in the world. The finding is based on the preliminary report of the first ever ‘Annual Monitoring’ of the lake held on Saturday, a Chilika Development Authority official said.

Irrawaddy dolphins are found in coastal areas in South and Southeast Asia, and in three rivers: the Ayeyarwady (Myanmar), the Mahakam (Indonesian Borneo) and the Mekong.

5. Question

1 points

Where is the ‘World Hindi Secretariat’ located?

a) USA

b) Mauritius

c) India

d) Fiji

Correct

Solution: b.

The Secretariat was set up in Mauritius in 2008. Recently, our President inaugurated a new building that will house the Secretariat there. Going by Wikipedia, the World Hindi Secretariat membership comprises of India, Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname and Nepal.

The Secretariat was set up in Mauritius in 2008. Recently, our President inaugurated a new building that will house the Secretariat there. Going by Wikipedia, the World Hindi Secretariat membership comprises of India, Mauritius, Fiji, Suriname and Nepal.

7. Question

Construction of the Zojila tunnel, the Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel, and some other strategic roads in India is the responsibility of

a) National Highways Authority of India

b) National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd.

c) Border Roads Organisation

d) None of the above

Correct

Solution: b.

National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL) is a fully owned company of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India. The company promotes, surveys, establishes, designs, builds, operates, maintains and upgrades National Highways and Strategic Roads including interconnecting roads in parts of the country which share international boundaries with neighbouring countries.

The Corporation, based on the idea of e-governance, will be an instrument for creation and management of infrastructure of the highest standard in the country with focus on the North-East and border areas.

National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL) is a fully owned company of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India. The company promotes, surveys, establishes, designs, builds, operates, maintains and upgrades National Highways and Strategic Roads including interconnecting roads in parts of the country which share international boundaries with neighbouring countries.

The Corporation, based on the idea of e-governance, will be an instrument for creation and management of infrastructure of the highest standard in the country with focus on the North-East and border areas.